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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31

a moment, John. To-day is my daughter
Sibyls twentieth birthday, and l went
down to Raby & Co. s to buy her a set OF
sapphires that have been on exhibition
for few days. They were just what ]
wanted for birthday gift, and the price
was two hundred dollars. The clerk
regretfully informed me they had been
sold to Mrs. Morgan, the wife of my
bookkeeper, but few moments before. y
"Cecil John Morgan grasped the rail
of the desk for support-"my wife!
Where did she get the money!"
"That is just the question 1 want you
to answer-where did she get it2" said
Mr.. Macray, keenly watching the trem-
bling face of the younger man. 81
asked the clerk if they were paid for.
Yes, he replied, in full; and he opened
the safe, and showed me n roll of bank
notes; and John, much as / regret to say
it, it was the identical roll | gave you
last evening to pay that bill at Henby &
Sons. Now did your wife find the
pocket-book; or, was it ever lost, John ~
Jehn Morgan dropped to the floor like
one stricken heavy blow; and a slight
stream of blood issued from his pallid
lips. Mr.. Macray hastily telephoned for
physician, and Mrs. Morgan. "Don't
be alarmed" John said, family. II
have not been strong lately, and the
shock was too much for me. Oh, Cecil,
Cecilln
Half an hour later Mrs. Morgan en-
tered the Office with white, scared face
Her eyes were blinded by tears, and Mr..
Macray, and the physician were un-
noticed as she hurried to her husbands
side.
"John," she cried, in great distress,
don't let the loss of that money kill YOU
For | found it, and spent it-I didn't
know it belonged to the firm--for that
set of sapphires."
She threw the casket into his lap, and
John laid his head against the carved
back of his chair, his face slowly redden-
ing with shame.
"Speak to me, John" she sobbed hys-
terically, ''I'll never be so wicked again,
never spend dollar without your con-
sent"
Mr.. Macray stepped forward, and laid
his hand on her arm.
Don't agitate your husband, Mrs.
Morgan he is faint yet. Settle this mat
ter in the future"
But Cecil, in deep humility, went down
on her knees, and laid her face on her
husbands breast, breathing words of con-
triton, that softened and revived the
grieved heart.
Mr.. Macray, with a gentleness she
could not repel, explained the sin of
overreaching her husbands salary, and
the folly of useless display; ending the
matter by taking the set of sapphires,
and promising to keep the whole tran
saction a secret.
And John Morgan in the peaceful
years that followed, often blessed the
day he lost his employers money; for it
transformed Cecil into marvel of pru-
dence. And well-Cecil never
saw a sapphire, without a sudden sensa-
tion of horror.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31
Useful Hints.

Do not put salt into soup until you
have done skimming it, as salt will stop
the rising of the scum.
New milk, boiling hot, will take out
most fruit stains. Dip the articles five
or six times in hot milk.
Ammonia and whiting will clean nickel
plating nicely. Make into paste and
apply; then rub until bright with another
cloth.
Butter should not be added to soups
and sauces until after they are taken from
the fire, as boiling makes it taste strong
and oily.
Much of the ordinary bother of wash
ing lamp chimneys on the inside can be
saved by using a stick with sponge tied
to the end.
After having your hands in soapy
water, wet them in vinegar and spirits
of camphor; it kills the alkali and keeps
your hands soft.
Saturate the edges of carpets with a
strong solution of alum water to destroy
moths: if an unpainted floor, wash the
floor with it before putting down the
carpet. Do the same to shelves where
black ants appear.
Oil stains on carpets, if action is taken
at once upon the oil being spilled, may
be removed by scattering corn meal upon
them. Also the application of hot iron
through heavy sheet of blotting paper
will have like effect.
Grass stains are troublesome to re-
move, but soft soap and soda is usually
effcctual. After having wet the stained
parts, rub in the soap and as much bak-
ing soda as will adhere; let this stand
half an hour and wash in the usual man
ner. Whiting is also used with soft soap
for the same purpose.
To keep hinges in order, big or little,
and prevent the disagreeable creaking,
don't oil them. The oil is apt to soil the
hands, the garments and the carpet, and
the remedy is sometimes "worse than the
disease" Rub the hinge that creaks OF
the latch that will not slide with soft
lead pencil. The application works like
magic
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
NEVER ALONE.

Never alone. The power that life creates
Ever supports. With hand supreme it
guides,
Weaves all the pleasure that through future
waits,
All the tumult that through life's passion
glides.
Through pearly gates an unbounded vision
Ever watches the many steps we take;
Bees, and guides, to the fields Elysian,
Where the veil is raised, where new scenes
awake.
Full oft dream, in wonder and in dread,
OF links that bind us to the source Of life,
The many labyrinthine ways we tread
Amid the toilings Of our daily strife.
There is link-ah, yes the chains that hold
The first great cause, to the present given
With love infinite, and refined, as gold,
Connecting the surrounding life we live in.
Boundless its power, in life's every throe
Perfect connection, though unseen the tie,
The grosser elements, that around us flow,
Veil the infinite from the finite eye;
Yet the chain is perfect, that the maker
holds,
Tenderly it clasps the senticnt mind,
Softly as wreaths of flowers it enfolds,
Yet firmly its links our beings bind.
"A. Sanders Plat in Current.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31
Crow Conventions.

In the northern parts of Scotland and
in the Farce Islands, extraordinary meet
ings of crows are occasionally known to
occur. They collect in great numbers, as
if they had been all summoned for the
occasion; few of the flock sit with
dropping heads, and Others seem AS grave
as Judges, while others again are exceed.
ingly active and noisy; in the course of
about an hour they disperse and it is not
uncommon, after they have flown away,
to find one or two left dead on the spot.
These meetings will sometimes continue
for day or two before the object, what
ever it may be, is completed. Crows con
tinue to arrive from all quarters during
the session. As soon as they have all ar
rived very general noise ensues, and
shortly after the whole fall upon one or
two individuals and put them 10 death /;
when this execution has been performed
they quietly disperse.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Spinach.


The New York Post tells how they cook
spinach in France: After being washed
in several waters and carefully looked
over, put a quarter of sieve to a gallon
of water and three ounces of salt; boil for
ten minutes till tender, drain on sieve,
press a little with the hands to extract
part of the water; chop it fine, put it in
a stewpan with quarter of a pound of
butter, teaspoonful of salt, half a tea
spoonful of pepper place over the fire
for few minutes, adding few drops of
hot broth with gravy; proceed as above
with the addition of tablespoonful Of
flour and half pint of strong gravy;
again proceed as above, aud adding half
a pint of cream instead of gravy, also a
tablespoonful of sugar; lay three or four
slices of bread on the dish, sift the sugar
over, put it in the oven, salamander it
over, cut in various shapes, and serve
under and over the spinach; little vari-
ETY. can be made by surrounding the veg
etable with small diamonds of bread fried
in butter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

It's great fun to see a young woman
play the piano and fight flies at the same
time.-Burliagton Free Press.
An advertisement reads: "Wanted-
A nurse to mind children" 1t was
probably inserted by the children
Waterbury American.
''Have you heard Sing to Me Only
Once Againp" she asked sweetly. "No,
but shall be delighted, he said, with
unnecessary fervor.--DetrOit Free Press.
The horseshoers are now said to be
contemplating a strike. 1t has been un-
derstood for some time that they had
something on foot. PHILADELPHIA North
american.
In Washington Territory there is
ranch where they shear 1850 sheep in
one day. This threatens to rival the
business done in Wall street.-Rochester
Post Express.
Now that a Chinaman has been arrested
as tramp, there is no possible surprise
for the public except to hear that an
Apache Indian has started a laundry
Pdiladelphia Press.
Pueblo Barber (pausing a moment in
his reckless pursuit)-Were you going to
say something, sir9 Customer Qaintly)
-Y-y-yes; w-want to ask you w-where
you b-bury your dead. .-DenUer Nescs.
There was a little girl
And she had a little curl
Which hung in the middle of her forehead;
When the weather was cool
1t crimped according to rule,
When the weather was hot 1t looked horrid.
Songs Of the Season.
Compassionate Clara-Isn't it sadi
Poor Mr.. Littlewlt has gone out of his
mind. Satirical Sallie-I wonder he
stayed there as long as he has. Awfully
cramped quarters, you know Chicago
Tribune.
No man knows how much he really
loves woman until she has presented
him with the worked canvas for the sides
of a natty travelling bag, and he-has
paid $7-ef-$s-for haSipg1t made up,
-LoUeU Citizen.
"Old Tubal Cain was man of might
in the days when the earth was new,'
but the man of mite nowadays is the
fellow who puts three cent piece in the
contribution box and tries to make it out
to be a dime.-St. Louis Magazine.
A fellow who's bred is the bay
May never be a bread baker;
A man who makes his peas pay
May never be a peacemaker.
A Shaker who works making dies,
May never be dice shaker;
A Quaker who on the earth, lies
May never be an earthquaker.
-GOodalpS Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31
Drinks for the Sick.

ORANGE WHEY-The juice of one
orange to one pint of sweet milk. Heat
slowly until curds from strain, and cool.
EGG LEMoNADE-White of one egg,
one tablespoon pulverized sugar, juice of
one lemon, one goblet water. Beat
together.
SAGo MILK-Three tablespoons sago
soaked in cup of cold water one hour;
add three cups boiling milk; sweeten
and flavor to taste. Simmer slowly a
half hour. Eat warm.
BAKED MILK-Put half gallon of
milk in jar, and tie it down with
writing paper. Let it stand in moder-
ate oven eight or ten hours. 1t will be
like cream, and is very nutritious.
PUNCH WITHOUT LIQUoR-Take the
juice of six oranges and six lemons, add
ing sugar to suit the taste. Put to this
quantity of pounded ice and some
sliced pine apple, pouring over it two
quarts of water. This is an agreeable
summer beverage for anybody, sick or
well.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31
To Ouench Thirst.

A North Side physician states that ice
water does not quench thirst but in
creases it. IL remember a little story, "
said he, (which, think, might do much
good if published during this hot weather.
that heard from an old sailor. He said
that he and six shipwrecked companions
lived four days on three pints of water,
and were not a bit thirsty. When l
asked him to explain, he said that instead
of gulping the water down, they each
took a teaspoonful and gurgled it well in
their mouths. If any one will try the
experiment, no matter how thirsty he is,
by thoroughly rinsing his mouth with
not over tablespoon of water, he will
find that it will quench his thirst as ef-
fectually as a quart of water hastily
swallowed, and will not hurt him any. l
believe that fully one third of the deaths
during the heated season are, if the truth
were known, directly or indirectly due
to heavy drinking of ice water. Pitts
Jurq Chronicle Telegraph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31
SparrOWs For Food.

Sparrows are being properly appre-
ciated Hundreds of them are now caught
by enterprising people for sale to certain
restaurants where reed birds are in de.
mand. A German woman on Third
avenue has three traps set every day, and
she catches probably seventy-five IA week.
They are cooked and served to her
bOarders the same as reed birds and are
declared quite as great a delicacy. This
German woman bastes them, leaving the
little wooden skcwer in the bird when
served. They are cooked with bit Of
bacon. She tempts them with oats, and
after the catch they are fed while with
boiled oaten meal. She sprinkles oaten
meal in the back yard also, and thereby
fattens the free birds. The females are
the choice meat. The males can be told
by the circle of white feathers at the
neck. The females are as plain as Quak-
eresses. So soon as it becomes generally
known that the sparrow is table bird
their number win rapidly grow less.
People don't like to experiment, but
when it is discovered that the sparrow
has been declared good by those upon
whom they have been tried no boarding
house meal will be deemed in good form
unless a dish Of fat sparrows adorns it.
Sparrow pie is a delicacy fit to set before
a King.-Nlo York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31

Lewis p. Hathaway, while fishing at
Clear Creek some time since, captured
six or seven large bull-frogs, which he
brought home and placed in a pond. Mr..
Hathaway has turkey with a dozen
young ones. Some Of the latter, it ap-
pears, have been disappearing mysteri-
ously. The other morning Mr.. Hath
away was watering his horses at the
creek convenient TO the frog pond, when
he heard the mother turkey making a
racket at something in the creek. On
investigation Mr. Hathaway saw mon
ster bull-frog in the water with young
turkey in its mouth, endeayoring to
swallow the young fowl, which had at
tanned the age of three weeks. st. Louis
Globe Democrat
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31
How to Stop Coughing.

In "a lecture once delivered by the cele-
brated DIR. Brown-Sequard he gave the fol-
lowing directions which may prove ser
viceable to persons troubled withanervous
cough; "COugliing can be stopped by
pressing on the nerves of the lips in the
neighbOrhood of the nose A pressure
there may prevent cough when it is
beginning. Sneezing may be stopped by
the same mechanism. Pressing also in
the neighborhood of the ear may stop
coughing. Pressing very hard on the
top of the mouth inside is also means
of stopping coughing, And l may say
the win has immense power, too. There
was French surgeon who used 70 say,
whenever he entered the wards of the
hospital, The first patient who coughs
will be deprived of food to-day 1t was
exceedingly rare that a patient coughed
then"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31
Bringing Up Children Nationally.

1t is as natural to child to be happy,
as it is to a fish to swim. But for this
they need a certain amount of 'letting
alone" 1t is great mistake for parents
to hamper their children with foolish re-
strictions. We pity the little BIS, our
next-door neighbor's children, from the
bottom of our heart There is a picket
fence in front of the house and they are
scarcely allowed to go near it, lest they
should climb and hurt themselves. They
cannot climb tree for the same reason.
They may not skate or swim, or have a
gun. The consequence of this training
is that their parents have made towards
of them all, with the exception of little
Bessie, who is the most daring little mis-
chief that ever wore a sun bonnet, and
she has learned to be deccitful and plays
all her mad pranks well out of sight of
her parents eyes. We caught her the
other day walking the railing of a bridge
that crossed the track of railroad hun
dred feet below. The railing was not a
foot wide, and she triumphantly told us
that she had walked it while the train
was passing under. 1t was enough to
make one shudder.
Don't fancy your boy is made of glass.
Grant reasonable request, and let him
feel that when you refuse it is for his
own good. Between the Jellybys and
the Gradgrinds of life children have a
hard time of it. The youngest child
needs some sort of agreeable occupation,
and a certain amount of physical free
dom. There is nothing more painful to
young people than to feel that life is one
dull routine, and that "nothing ever
happens" as we once heard a disconso-
late lad remark. .-AmericaH Agriculturist
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31

The original of a long-lost letter,
wholly written by Gen. Washington,
has recently been found while searching
for other documents in the State Paper
Department of the Newport Or. I.) City
Hall. 1t was written in acknowledge
ment of an address from the citizens of
Newport, where he arrived for the second
and last time in 1890, year after his
Inauguration as President. The docu-
ment is of considerable historic value,
and of great local interest, more particu-
larly as it has hitherto escaped the notice
of the biographers of Washington. 1t is
written on both sides of two quarto
pages of the large letter paper of the
period, being altogether in the distinct
and readable chirography Of the Presi-
dent
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31
THE EAGLES SHADOW

A giant eagle, soaring up on high,
With wings eutspread beneath the sun,
looks down
Where, a mere speck below, mighty town
Lifts towers and battlements into the sky;
And, in his foolish pride he dares to cry
"Let me but hover 'twixt the suns bright
crown
And yonder hive of men, and 10! a frown
OF shadowy darkness on its streets will lie.n
80 often man, in intellectual pride,
Will stand between the sun of Gods great
love
And Gods created, deeming he can hide
From fellow.man the glad rays from abovei
Vain, vain his pigmy efforts to make night:
The sun still shines and fills the world with
lightl
George WetherlL IN the Quiuer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31

Alaska is full of wonders, the half of
which have not been brought to light.
A great lake has been found at the source
of the Korvak River, which is so deep
that no fathom line has been found long
enough to reach the bottom. The ma
tives are strong and hardy, about the
size of.white men, with small black eyes,
high foreheads, small and fat noses, fine
teeth and coarse, black hair. They are
of a bright brunette color. Their dress
Is made from the skin of the reindeer
and other animals. They live in huts
partially underground.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31

From 1881 to 1885, inclusive, 14s per.
sons were,sentenced to death in France.
OF this number only seven were women,
and seventeen were between the ages of
sixteen and twenty. That crime is not
altogether rampant in and confined to the
urban population is shown by the fact
that of these 14S capital criminals seventy
were agricultural laborers. Among the
remaining number were forty eight work
men, fifteen commercial employees, eight
servants, one notary and one private gem
tleman, and 113 could read and write.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31

1t seems to be pretty general impres.
sion that, in the next war in Europe,
dynamite, melanite and other destructive
chemical compounds will play an import
ant part in battles and mining and de-
fensive operations. But the frequent
accidents attending the handling of these
explosives suggest that they may be more
destructive to those who use them than
TO an enemy. A few days ago a dyna.
mite cartridge exploded among a party
of sappers and miners at town in
Hungary and killed twenty-seven men
and wounded forty-eight others. The
danger of such accidents as this will make
soldiers timid in handling the new
agents and may force them to be aban-
dOned.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31

Speaking of the changes in the climate
sdf Nevada, the Virginia City Enterprise
says; "About 5000 head of sheep are
now finding abundant pasturage in the
vicinity of this city, where twenty years
ago q whippoorwil could not fly over
the country without carrying a sack of
provision. Gradually the summer sea.
son has changed. We now have season.
able showers and grass where but two
decades ago all was drought and bar
renpSs -
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31

A man near London recently made a
bet that he could kill, clean, cook and
eat spring chicken in fifteen minutes.
Preparatory to the contest he secured the
chicken and provided himself with pot
of boiling water, bucket of cold water,
a hot skillet aal a hot fat-iron. When
time was called he jerked the chickens
head off, doused it in pot of boiling
water, slipped the feathers off, cleaned
it and then laid the fry fiat in the pan,
with the flat-iron on top to cook the
upper side. At the close of eleven and
a half minutes he had the chicken bones
beautifully polished,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31

The London Times announces that
photography in colors is now an accom-
plished fact;' that after three years of
study, experiment and chemical research,
Mr.. Mayal, Of New Bond street, has pro
duced several colored Photographic por-
traits without the aid of hand-work or
brush, which possess the brilliancy and
delicacy of highly finished miniatures in
oil
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31

There is a growing belief among civil
engineers of note, who look after the
bEdges on the railroads of this. country,
that wherever it is practicable stone
bridges should be built and iron and
wooden structures dispensed with, and
that heavy rair should be placed in the
track wherever the heavy locomotive is
put IN service.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31
A Settling Hen.

The following is from a poultry publi-
cation: Ever hear about our little red
henl Well, sir, she was on the set for
keeps. Couldlf; keep her off. Old door
knobs, soda bottles, lamp chimneys,
match safes anything was good enough
for her. Finally put her on three mud
turtles, and hope to die if she didn't
hatch out allligators One of 'em eat
her up, and when We opened him, there
was the hen settin' on his back teeth,
and they'd swehed up so they'd choked
him tn death.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31

A movement has been started among
leading business men of Buffalo TO raise
fund Of 800, 600 which will be offered
as prize for the best invention for utiliz-
ing the watcr-powcr Of Niagara River.
Competition will be open to the world.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31

Tho English co-operatives have bank
whose transactions amount to $780, e
600, 600 year. They have I 400 stores
and do a business of $3.50, 900, 600 year.
Their 900, 900 members receive an annual
profit of $15, 900, 900. Their profits
during the past twenty-four years have
been $50, 900, 900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-31

The total capital invested in 1887 in
the fourteen Southern States is greater
by $97, 574, 500 than during 1886. Ala
bama shows the largest increase, with
Tennessee second.